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| Advertisement | California Steam Navigation Company (1867) |
| Company/Advertising Agency | California Steam Navigation Company |
| Publication Source | The Pacific coast business directory... containing... the states of California, Oregon, and Nevada; the territories of Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Utah; and the colony of British Columbia. Also, a gazetteer of the counties, cities, and towns, and an exhibit of the resources of the Pacific coast, p. vii |
| Publisher | H.G. Langley |
| Publisher Location | United States--California--San Francisco |
| Publication Date | 1867
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| Advertisement Text | Steamship line for Portland, Oregon and Victoria, V.I. Steamers Pacific, Ajax and Active. For San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, San Pedro and San Diego, Steamer Orizaba. B.M. Hartshorne, President...San Francisco. |
| Contextual Notes | In 1854, a group of steamship captains formed the California Steam Navigation Company. Over the next decade, the company established a monopoly on inland water travel in California.
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| Category | Steamships, ferries and boats
Transportation and communication |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Ships; Steamboats |
| Geographic Coverage | United States
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| Digital Collection | Early Advertising |
| Digital ID Number | AVD0059 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Pacific Northwest Collection. F852 P32 1867 |
| Object Type | Advertisement |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original drawing in RGB at 400 dpi, saved in TIFF format, changed to indexed color, enhanced and resized using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2008. |
